Head of a Girl
1886
Medium/TechniqueDrypoint
DimensionsSheet: 23.1 × 18.2 cm (9 1/8 × 7 3/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Accession numberM5107
InscriptionsIn the plate, upper right: M Louise McLaughlin/1886
Lower right, in graphite: M. Louise McLaughlin
Verso, in graphite (hand of S.R. Koehler): Bought F C 3/88 / For $2 - 20%.
On the mat, in graphite (hand of S.R. Koehler): Compare No. 5098, another impression from same plate. The present impression is _technically_ much more perfect, showing/every line, but it is hard and bare, having been wiped too clean. It was bought for technical reasons, as it shows very/clearly the _white_ line produced by the dry point, which is pressed _into_ the paper, as it is a relief line. It therefore shows/as a hollow furrow in front and as a ridge on back of impression. It is due to the lack of the bur, which is wiped clean/unless a good deal of ink is left on the plate.
